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STIMULATE
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(verb) cause to be alert and energetic; “Coffee and tea stimulate me”; “This herbal infusion doesn’t stimulate”
stimulate, excite
(verb) act as a stimulant; “The book stimulated her imagination”; “This play stimulates”
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; “The ads induced me to buy a VCR”; “My children finally got me to buy a computer”; “My wife made me buy a new sofa”
provoke, stimulate
(verb) provide the needed stimulus for
induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
(verb) cause to occur rapidly; “the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions”
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; “These stories shook the community”; “the civil war shook the country”
stimulate, excite, stir
(verb) stir feelings in; “stimulate my appetite”; “excite the audience”; “stir emotions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)
To encourage into action.
To arouse an organism to functional activity.
Synonyms
• (encourage): encourage, induce, incite, provoke; see also incite
• (arouse): animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up; see also enliven
Antonyms
• (arouse): de-energize, sedate, stifle
Anagrams
• multiseat, mutilates, ultimates
Source: Wiktionary
Stim"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stimulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stimulating.] Etym: [L. stimulatus, p.p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See Stimulus.]
1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory. To excite and stimulate us thereunto. Dr. J. Scott.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Syn.
– To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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